Emblem of the Donetsk People's Republic

The emblem of the Donetsk People's Republic is a silver double-headed eagle with its wings spread upwards. On the breast of an eagle — in a scarlet shield of a Saint Archangel Michael in a silver robe and armament, with a golden sword and a silver edged shield with a silver Orthodox cross.

The peculiarity of the emblem of the DPR is that the eagle has no paws, the beaks are closed, and the Archangel Michael is depicted with a beard.

The original image of the shield on the eagle's chest completely repeated the project of the coat of arms of Kyiv, developed by the Kyiv artist and heraldist Alexey Rudenko in 2009.

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  On the seals The 2014 DPR depicted the Mertsalov palm — a key element of the coat of arms of the Donetsk Oblast adopted in 1999 — later replaced by a double-headed eagle.